Roles

Another Successful SkillsUSA National Leadership And Skills Conference

The Mortar Has Set On The 2017 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference

The winners of the 2016 SkillsUSA national masonry competition were announced on June 24 at the 52nd annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Ky.

SkillsUSA proved to be an exciting time for young masons to shine

Making the Grade Student in the Spotlight

Note: If you have an apprentice mason to nominate, contact: J. David Holt, c/o Holt Marketing Group, Inc. 6120 Union Chapel Road, Suite 100 Kansas City, Mo. 64152 or fax to (816) 891-6666.

He'

Contractor
to Contractor
MCAA MEMBER CONTRACTORS RESPOND TO THE INDUSTRY ISSUES OF THE DAY.

Fred Kinateder

Fred Kinateder Masonry Inc.
Waukesha, Wisc.

For two decades, Fred Kinateder Masonry Inc. (FKMI) has been r

that have worked here for a while see how we do things. If they go and work somewhere else, and if there's an opportunity to come back, they always do. We're really getting positive feedback from the field about that.

The other thing

Contractor

# Masonry: What do you feel is the biggest misconception about the masonry industry?

Kinateder: I think the biggest misconception - and there are a lot of them - is that, as far as materials, we're expensive compared to othe

Training and Workforce Development are crucial issues addressed by the Mason Contractors Association of America's (MCAA) Strategic Long-range Plan. To realize the Association's envisioned future to make masonry the building system of choice-on

INDUSTRY TRAINING

The District Council Training Center (DCTC) facility, at 35,000 square feet, is the largest local training center of its kind. Created by Chicago's International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) locals and un

The Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, Media, Pa.

Instructor: Dan Hiltebeitel
Number of Students: 37

Williamson is in its 114th year of preparing deserving young men to be useful and respected members of society. The maso